The Reluctant Saint (1962)
The incredible true story of St. Joseph of Cupertino. "The Flying Friar"
Cupertino, Italy, 1623: A simple-minded and clumsy young man joins a Franciscan order as a hired hand, overcoming his intellectual and social challenges with a pure heart and a simple faith. God performs a miracle through him, quite literally raising him to sainthood.
- Date of release
- 1962-11-02
- TMDB
- 7.8 / 10 (6)
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Genres
- Drama, History, Comedy
- Director
- Edward Dmytryk
Casting
- Maximilian Schell — Giuseppe
- Ricardo Montalban — Don Raspi
- Lea Padovani — Giuseppe's Mother
- Akim Tamiroff — Bishop Durso
- Harold Goldblatt — Father Giovanni- 'The Father Guardian'
- Arnoldo Foà — Felixa- Giuseppe's Father
- Carlo Croccolo — The Gobbo- the Hunchback
- Giulio Bosetti — Brother Orlando
- Armand Mestral
- Elisa Cegani — Sister Nunziata
- Giacomo Rossi Stuart
- Tonio Selwart — Examining Prelate
Interesting facts
The Reluctant Saint is a 1962 American-Italian historical comedy drama film which tells the story of Joseph of Cupertino, a 17th-century Italian Conventual Franciscan friar and mystic, venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church.
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